What moment in his career that led to Tony Romo throwing the ball '10 times better;' plus his career-defining moment

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ARLINGTON, TX - JANUARY 04: Quarterback Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates with head coach Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys after the Cowboys beat the Detroit Lions 24-20 during a NFC Wild Card Playoff game at AT&T Stadium on January 4, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

"I've been asked that a few times and what I've found was that it all felt normal in the process I was going through because God almost never gave me more than I could handle," Romo said. "Even though it looked like I went from nothing to something pretty quickly, I didn't come in that first year as an undrafted guy and then just beat out the other guys and I'm the starting quarterback.

"It was three and a half years. By that point, you know what to do and the game feels more normal and you expect to play well. Now, you don't know for sure. You think you're pretty good but you're like, 'I don't know until I go out here and either get exposed or play well.' The evolution is just always taking small steps."

Romo recalled how during his second season in Dallas, he entered training camp No. 4 on the quarterback depth chart behind Quincy Carter, Vinny Testaverde and Drew Henson.

"I'm sitting there and obviously I'm not really wanting to get into the numbers game," Romo said. "I'm not a rocket scientist but one, two, three and I'm four. It just doesn't look as solid, but you don't want to think that way. The problem is you can't help it."

Romo then explained how he struggled early in camp, which led to what he now calls a "defining moment" in his career.

"When I get in camp the first few days, I'm tight and every throw I feel like I have to make perfectly," Romo said. "I just can't do anything wrong. I have to read it perfect and I have to know what's going on and I have to do it faster. I was just struggling for about three days. I remember sitting in my hotel room right there and I was so pent up with anxiety and everything was just coming to a head and it was like, 'I can't take it.' It was just so much. My whole life felt like it was on this moment.

"That's when I sat in bed and I just prayed to the Lord, and this was a very defining moment for me. I was like, 'If I'm not meant to be the quarterback here or play quarterback in the NFL, that's fine. Then I'm going to go back and be a really good assistant golf club professional back in Burlington, Wisconsin.'

"It was defining because it showed me what life is really like when you just give it to the Lord. It was freeing. I was free. I was free to go out and let that ball go and miss by 10 yards. I was free because it was like, 'You know what, I'm OK with the outcome. It's not up to me.' Now, I'm going to work my butt off and do everything I can, but it's really not up to me. I went out the next day and I was like, 'Alright, we're going to let it go.'

"I started throwing the ball 10 times better, but it was just fast, it was aggressive. I didn't worry about the results. All I worried about was being at my best and just letting it go. You know what, a couple days later, Quincy Carter gets cut for reasons unknown, I end up making the team and the rest is history as they say."